Excerpts from
Maximize Relationships by Uyoyou C. Charles-Iyoha
These are people who excel and
promote excellence. Biblical examples include God, Jesus Christ, the Holy
Spirit, Moses, Joshua, Joseph, Daniel,
Deborah (Judges Chapter 4), Isaiah, Jeremiah, Nehemiah, Haggai, Ezekiel,
Nathan and many others who served God and humanity diligently as Prophets
providing spiritual guidance to the people of God; the Apostle Paul and the
other Apostles of Jesus Christ who were Preachers of the gospel that God used to plant and
stabilize the Church that you and I have today; King David, courageous, skilful
in playing the harp and prudent in speech (1st Samuel Chapter 16
verses 14 to 23) Bezalel, Oholiab(Exodus Chapter 31 verses 1 to 6), Huram (a
man skilled in working with all kinds of bronze work and was brought from Tyre
by King Solomon to work on the temple and his palace). Please see 1st
Kings Chapter 7 verse 14. Diligent people are disciplined and work smart at all
times.
Joseph and Daniel were
interpreters of dreams, people who would today be referred to as analysts and
solution providers to personal, community, national and global development
challenges; Characteristics of diligent people include but are not limited to
the following:
• Diligent people are proactive.
They search out opportunities and
do not wait for opportunities to happen. They create several opportunities from
a single opportunity by utilizing a single opportunity to create other
opportunities. The Bible describes them as people who make use of everything
they find in Proverbs Chapter 12 verse 27. Diligent people search out platforms
for producing, marketing and selling whatever products or services they
produce. For example, though there was a ready market for the indebted
prophet’s widow’s oil, she obeyed Elisha’s instruction to go sell the oil. She
left her house, marketed and sold the oil to her neighbours. She did not wait
for people to come in search of the oil. She took the oil to them and collected
her money which was in the pockets of the people in exchange for her oil.
Beloved, the money you need is in someone else’ pocket or bank account;
patiently waiting for you to present the right products or services so that the
money can be transferred to your pocket or bank account. Our Lord Jesus Christ
though God and Creator did not sit in a spot to wait for the people to come. He
took the gospel to different places. So also did the Apostles. They went from
village to village, town to town and city to city preaching the gospel.
Beloved, take your goods and services to the people wherever they are. Take
advantage of technology, particularly the Internet and the numerous social
media platforms at your disposal now that they are still very hot and
relatively free.
• They are truly competent workers.
Truly competent workers always
stand before kings (Proverbs Chapter 22 verse 29), become rich (Proverbs
Chapters10 verse 4, 13 verse 4) and ultimately rule (Proverbs Chapter 12 verse
24).
• The diligent invest.
They invest in good planning and
every good plan definitely leads to prosperity (Proverbs Chapter 21 verse 5).
They patiently and thoughtfully study and analyze people, issues, documents,
projects, products and services before taking a decision. They do not jump at anything. Their decisions
are then based on intelligent analysis. They patiently and thoughtfully map out
strategies for success. They think ideas and issues through before reaching a
conclusion.
• The diligent respect and value
what they have irrespective of how small it is.
When you value and respect what
God blesses you with, then God increases the value for your benefit. Joseph
started interpreting dreams in his father’s household, served as a servant in
Potiphar’s house, went to prison and interpreted dreams in prison before he
eventually stood before Pharaoh to interpret dreams and became a global Prime
Minister. Significantly, you value what you respect, and what you value, you
will respect. Respect and value for what God blesses you with is also a way of
showing that you appreciate God, His grace on your life, and the wisdom of His
choices for you.
• Diligent people are disciplined.
They know when to work and when
to play. They neither fritter time in idle pleasure nor bury their heads in
work without taking a hard earned break.
Other beneficial relationships
include the tactful, the discrete, knowledgeable people (Proverbs Chapter 24
verses 3 to 4), the patient, the humble (James Chapter 4 verse 10), and the
pure in heart.
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